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Ted Leach

Ted Leach

Australian rules footballer

Edward Hale Leach (24 April 1883 - 19 February 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

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Family

The son of Thomas Leach (1847-1916),[2] and Emma Bunkin Leach (1847-1893), née Stuckey,[3] Edward Hale Leach was born in Heidelberg, Victoria on 24 April 1883.[4]

Wife

He married Amy Harriet Cougle (1880-1948) in 1904.[5]

Brothers

His two brothers, Arthur Thomas Leach (1876–1948), and John Frederick "Fred" Leach (1878–1908) also played for Collingwood.[6]

Death

He died (suddenly) at his home in Balwyn, Victoria on 19 February 1965.[7]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 505. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. [2]
    Deaths: Leach, The Argus, (Friday, 6 October 1916), p.1.
  3. [3]
    Deaths: Leach, (Saturday 9 December 1893), p.5.
  4. [4]
    Births: Leach, The Argus, (Saturday, 28 April 1883), p.1.
  5. [5]
    Deaths: Leach, The Age, (Monday, 1 November 1948), p.2.
  6. [6]
    The three brothers appear in the photograph at File:Collingwood_1902_premiers.jpg of 23 Collingwood First XVIII players, taken in 1902 (the same photograph, with all individuals identified by name, is at ).
  7. [7]
    Deaths: Leach, The Age, (Monday, 22 February 1965), p.16.
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